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The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

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The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

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NASAs Perseverance rover has collected a historic rock sample dating back to the Noachian era on Mars. This discovery could ...

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The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar system. The ... Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists recently led a team that found, for the first ...